Hi, it's Wednesday night!!!!

O.K., O.K., so I've been a little busy lately!!! Actually, not much to report on. This first pic is not current but it's of one of my favorite spots, about a mile south of Phillips on Hwy 13. Always a beauty of a spot to drive past in the fall.

I've been getting out hunting a little more lately. That doesn't necessarily mean anything good..... to night I saw the red bellied woodpecker. It's such a bright red-orange it's hard to believe the color. I took a picture one evening while hunting but the bird was too far away and was too fuzzy when cropped and zoomed. So, I took a picture of the bird book page showing them. Ladderback family, named for the bars across the back.

I saw some deer tonight, but not the one in this photo. Six in all, a doe, two fawns, a six pointer, an eight pointer and one unknown (I think it was a small buck traveling with the six pointer). No action to report. At least I'm way more interested now that I've seen some deer!!!

I went flying last night! It was cloudy at the start, but breaking up. There was a very nice sunset and this photo was taken by Peg just before Steve and I came in for a landing. I looked over some of the previous posts about flying and it seems like I may have made it sound like it was quite easy and I was doing most of it. Well, I practiced some more stalls last night, the "approach stalls", and didn't do too well on the first couple. Then on the third one I think I forgot to nail the throttle at the appointed time and put the stick too far forward. As a result, we ended up heading quite steeply toward the ground!! Steve recovered for us and I was wondering what all had happened in the last few seconds...... I tried a few more (after some indepth explaining from Steve!) and they went pretty well. At the landing approach I realized how tricky that is. For the first time I was trying on my own to line up and approach near the ground. I don't know what all I did wrong, but Steve completed the procedure. Man, there is a lot to do to keep one of these things going!! I suppose it will get better with practice... I hope. I am scheduled for flying at 7:30 Saturday morning. Looks like weather will be getting a little warmer toward the weekend, but it will still be chilly that early in the day!!

Ah, the October Classic! I'm listening to the game as I type: bottom of 4th, 0-0 This photo is Blum hitting his game winning homer last night. 14 innings???? I slept through the last six......